Their Own Desire

“A Drama of Today”

4.8(19)19291h 5m

DramaRomance

Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever. This sours Lally on all men. While on vacation with her mother she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.

Director

E. Mason Hopper

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Cast

Norma Shearer

Lucia 'Lally' Marlett

Robert Montgomery

John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever

Lewis Stone

Henry 'Hal' Marlett

Belle Bennett

Harriet Marlett

Helene Millard

Beth Cheever

Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Caroline

Henry Hebert

Uncle Nate

Mary Doran

Suzanne

June Nash

Mildred

Bess Flowers

Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

24d ago

6.0

“Lally” (Norma Shearer) lives a blissfully happy life with her wealthy parents until her dad “Henry” (Lewis Stone) announces that he is to divorce her mother (Belle Bennett) and take up with his lover “Mrs. Cheever” (Helene Millard). Naturally, she is devastated by this news and vows never to speak to him again, but she is still spending his cash though and it’s whilst she is on holiday she encoun...